Designed for use as a home cooking class, this essential guide to mastering French culinary techniques and recipes features : -575 ILLUSTRATIONS, including 400 step-by-step photographs-95 CULINARY TECHNIQUES AND KITCHEN SKILLS : cooking methods, cutting techniques, how to prepare vegetables, meat, and fish-100 BUILDING-BLOCK RECIPES for doughs and batters, stuffings, sweet and savory sauces, cake bases and fillings, and more-165 ICONIC FRENCH RECIPES for appetizers, fish and shellfish, poultry, meats, vegetables, cheese, and desserts, graded for complexity with a three-star rating, including : Bouillabaisse, Sea bass in a salt crust, Boeuf bourguignon, Salade Niçoise, Ratatouille, Tarte Tatin, Raspberry charlotte, Opéra-PRACTICAL REFERENCES : illustrated guides to equipment, meat cuts, and French produce